Dragan ( born in Bosnia, previously known as Yugoslavia ) was new to the HCC in November, 1999. He entered his first tourney (Game 15 Championship) and came out 4-0 in First Place. Since that time, we have not seen this Club Champion lose more than 2 or 3 games.

Continuing his excellence in Club Competitions, Dragan became a Co-Champion of HCC along with Vlad Vainberg in the Millenium year, as they both played to identical records in our Annual Tournment. But in 2001 Dragan won the sole Championship title, and repeated in 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005 and 2006. He is our first Club Champion to win in 7 consecutive years. Pete Peterson's 5 Championships was tied in 2004. Dragan's current USCF rating is 2221. His brother who lives in Texas is even a stronger player ... perhaps he'll visit us sometime.

In addition to being a very strong Chess player, Dragan is perhaps the softest spoken high rated player I've ever known ... a true gentleman.